Synopsis
Julie Martin, an American meteorologist, is the current weather anchor of The Weather Channel. She also works as a weather reporter for CNN headquarter Atlanta, Georgia. She previously worked for various channels like MBMF, WXIA, and CLTV.
Early Life and Education
Julie Martin was born on 1981 at Rockford, Illinois in U.S.A. She is locally known as Juli Penticoff. Martin was a shy girl in her childhood. Martin is an American Citizen with White American ethnicity.
She overcame her shyness as she started taking cla s ses as a ballet dancer. Later, she admitted herself to Helen Olson Dance Company at her early age of 15 and after that, she got engaged in Rockford Dance Company.
Her defect in hand is most significantly seen in left hand but she struggled to do best with that hand too. Her mother was also media personnel and due to this fact, her mother has been an inspiration for her to begin an amazing career in the field of Television.
After she completed her schooling from Rock Valley College she joined Augustana College in the year of 1992. She graduated with Bachelor of Arts in Communications and Media as her major subject and she later graduated in the year of 1994.
She also graduated with Broadcast Meteorology from the Mississippi State University in 2011.
Career
Julie Martin started her career in the early 1990s. After completing a bachelor degree in 1994, she immediately got an internship in reputed CNN channel as a s sociate producer and writer and later got fulltime where she worked for 3 years. She admits that she went opposite way in her career.
When everybody in media field wanted to go from small market to some big jobs like in CNN she shifted from CNN to small market because she had a keen interest to work as a reporter in onscreen. After working for 3 years in CNN she joined WBTW-TV in 1997 where it worked as TV anchor or reporter for 2 years.
After that in the year of 1999, she joined CLTV as a reporter where she worked for one year. Next, she joined in WDJT CBS 58 as a reporter where also she worked just for an year.
Before getting hired by TWC in 2006 she worked as a correspondent in CNN for 2 years from 2002 to 2004 and then she worked as a reporter in WGN-TV from 2004 to 2006.Longest tenure of her work is in The Weather Channel where she has been working from 2006 at present. In January 2017, she also joined CNN and started working as a freelance weather reporter for CNN headquarter, Atlanta, Georgia.
Although she started looking dance as her hobby from her early childhood she soon started to realize that she had inner pa s sion in media reporting.
Personal Life
Julie Martin is a married woman. She is married to John whom she met at CNN. Her husband, John is a senior producer in CNN. The couple got married in late 2011. They have a 7-year-old daughter named Hartley Grace.
The couple has been happily married for eight years without any divorce rumors.
She is regarded as one of the sexiest people in the news sector but there have been no nudity photos or photos in bikini available in websites or exposed in media. She is always seen in a formal dress.
With charm and attractive personality, she has a strong hold on her position. She explains with her hand movement which is loved by the audience .She is also known to look best and stunning in all sort of outfits. With slim structure, charming looks and long gorgeous legs she is always known as hot babe in meteorology
She loves to travel which she has to do as her job is to cover weather events .Side by side she is also very interest in Shopping and having dinner out with friends and relatives/family. She is interested in painting and she discloses that she sometimes visits galleries during her free time.
Although she didn’t seem to have a stable career in a media house she has been well-known as meteorology correspondent after she joined The Weather House. Her dedication and she thrive to be an extra-ordinary corresponded has always kept her best from the rest and she seems to have a best and bright future ahead.
Net Worth and Body Measurements
Julie Martin's current net worth is not revealed. She earns a huge amount of money from her meteorology career. According to a source, TWC pays annually $79K-100K to its weather reporter/anchor. She is one of the experienced journalists so, her salary is over than the above range.
by sanjeet, 17 Apr, 2014
